A protester holds a sign questioning the integrity of politicians in front of the Federal Reserve office in San Antonio on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs. The demonstrators gathered at Travis Park and marched toward the Federal Reserve office and around Main Plaza. No arrests or confrontations were witnessed at the mostly peaceful yet loud protest. Kin Man Hui/kmhui@express-news.net

A protester holds a sign questioning the integrity of politicians in front of the Federal Reserve office in San Antonio on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs. The demonstrators gathered at Travis Park and marched toward the Federal Reserve office and around Main Plaza. No arrests or confrontations were witnessed at the mostly peaceful yet vocal protest. Kin Man Hui/kmhui@express-news.net

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs. The demonstrators gathered at

Ricardo Juarez (wearing dollar) raises his hands Thursday October 6, 2011 at Travis Park during an OccupySA rally. Protesters there gathered in support of the Occupy Wall Street campaign in New York. JOHN DAVENPORT/jdavenport@express-news.net

Ricardo Juarez (wearing dollar) raises his hands Thursday October 6, 2011 at Travis Park during an OccupySA rally. Protesters there gathered in support of the Occupy Wall Street campaign in New York. JOHN

Protesters march around Travis Park Thursday October 6, 2011 during an Occupy San Antonio rally in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street campaign. The group is protesting the monetary corruption of democracy in conjunction with groups in other cities such as New York, Dallas and Austin. JOHN DAVENPORT/jdavenport@express-news.net

Protesters march around Travis Park Thursday October 6, 2011 during an Occupy San Antonio rally in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street campaign. The group is protesting the monetary corruption of

Protesters march around Travis Park Thursday October 6, 2011 during an Occupy San Antonio rally in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street campaign. The group is protesting the monetary corruption of democracy in conjunction with groups in other cities such as New York, Dallas and Austin. JOHN DAVENPORT/jdavenport@express-news.net

Protesters march around Travis Park Thursday October 6, 2011 during an Occupy San Antonio rally in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street campaign. The group is protesting the monetary corruption of

Michael Sanchez, Jr. displays a flag Thursday October 6, 2011 at an Occupy San Antonio rally at Travis Park. The rally is being held in protest of what they claim is corporate greed. The rally in San Antonio is also being held in support of other rallies across the country including the Occupy Wall Street campaign in New York. JOHN DAVENPORT/jdavenport@express-news.net

Michael Sanchez, Jr. displays a flag Thursday October 6, 2011 at an Occupy San Antonio rally at Travis Park. The rally is being held in protest of what they claim is corporate greed. The rally in San Antonio is

Meghan Owen (left), a self-proclaimed "media moderator" for the OccupySA rally in San Antonio, addresses protesters in Travis Park Thursday October 6, 2011. The group gathered to support the Occupy Wall Street rally in New York and to protest what they perceive to be corporate greed. JOHN DAVENPORT/jdavenport@express-news.net

Meghan Owen (left), a self-proclaimed "media moderator" for the OccupySA rally in San Antonio, addresses protesters in Travis Park Thursday October 6, 2011. The group gathered to support the Occupy Wall Street

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, October 6, 2011. The demonstrators gathered at Travis Park and marched toward the Federal Reserve office and around Main Plaza. No arrests or confrontations were witnessed at the mostly peaceful yet loud protest. Kin Man Hui/kmhui@express-news.net

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, October 6, 2011.

Rick Juarez wears a bloodied dollar bill during a protest in front of the Federal Reserve office in San Antonio on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs. The demonstrators gathered at Travis Park and marched toward the Federal Reserve office and around Main Plaza. No arrests or confrontations were witnessed at the mostly peaceful yet loud protest. Kin Man Hui/kmhui@express-news.net

Rick Juarez wears a bloodied dollar bill during a protest in front of the Federal Reserve office in San Antonio on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration,

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. The demonstrators gathered at Travis Park and marched toward the Federal Reserve office and around Main Plaza. No arrests or confrontations were witnessed at the mostly peaceful yet loud protest. Kin Man Hui/kmhui@express-news.net

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. The

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. The demonstrators gathered at Travis Park and marched toward the Federal Reserve office and around Main Plaza. No arrests or confrontations were witnessed at the mostly peaceful yet loud protest. Kin Man Hui/kmhui@express-news.net

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. The

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. The demonstrators gathered at Travis Park and marched toward the Federal Reserve office and around Main Plaza. No arrests or confrontations were witnessed at the mostly peaceful yet loud protest. Kin Man Hui/kmhui@express-news.net

In support of the protesters at New York's Wall Street demonstration, about 100 people in San Antonio gathered to voice their opposition to the current financial state of affairs on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. The

Gathering in solidarity with ongoing anti-Wall Street protests in New York, a group of mostly young people, numbering about 200 at its peak, brought San Antonio onto a national bandwagon Thursday.

“Occupy San Antonio!” the group shouted from dawn to dusk. “We are the 99 percent!”

Members repeatedly decried concentrations of wealth and power at a morning assembly in Travis Park and during a scrupulously well-behaved sidewalk march to the Alamo, the Grand Hyatt, CPS Energy offices, federal offices, Main Plaza and City Hall.

The group, like others that began popping up in many major U.S. cities this week, was piggybacking on Occupy Wall Street.

That campout by the young and disaffected started Sept. 17 in Lower Manhattan and eventually drew support from more organized groups and labor unions, whose members have swelled the protesters' numbers into the thousands.

The concerns over Wall Street practices and economic inequality reverberated up to the White House on Thursday, with President Barack Obama saying the protesters are expressing the frustrations of the American public, the Associated Press reported.

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San Antonio participants said the discontent is driven by a belief that corporations, financial institutions and a small handful of people control too much of the country's resources and direction. It differentiates this protest from others in the past, said Meghan Owen, 30, who's on workers compensation.

“We need to cut off the head of the beast in order to succeed,” she said. “We've always been told to work from the bottom up, but it has never worked in the past. This time, we're going to take it all at the same time.”

“Peacemaking Committee” members made sure of that, said Vaughn Tangero, 28, who is unemployed and homeless. Though meeting for only a week, the group formed transportation, medics, legal and food committees.

Conflicting views were occasionally expressed, however. Stopping by to get a feel for the movement's mentality, Vietnam veteran David Fasci, 60, said it was an insult to see a University of Texas at San Antonio student wearing nothing but fake marijuana leaves and a U.S. flag.

The history major, Vonia Smith, 27, said she wore a flag diaper to demonstrate “that the government is full of crap.”

It started with a Facebook page that local musician Bryan Hamilton, 28, created Sept. 28 for a few friends who wanted to join Occupy Austin. Then it snowballed.

“We thought, ‘Why should people have to go to Austin? We have problems here in San Antonio,'” he said.

About 30 protesters planned to spend the night at HemisFair Park, where the chants and cheers continued past sundown.

Though the fervor in San Antonio paled in comparison to the protest in New York and those she witnessed as a little girl in the 1960s, Evelyn Adamo, 51, said she still saw a “reawakening of a consciousness” in Thursday's event.

“They started seeing the troubles around them and they realized they have the power to change that with love,” she said of past demonstrations. “That is what is happening today — things are not working, and people are waking up.”